2017-10-11

Small world, it is...

So, my Daughter is in Paphos in Cyprus on holiday along with several others in the family, or as perhaps I should call them "minions" :-)


She just bought something and it came with a silly plastic toy, as things sometimes do...


Well, they looked at the bottom of the toy...


Yes, that is right, Bracknell - which is where we live...


Which is pretty amazing, being that she is over 2,500 miles away.

But you think that is fluke, look at the postcode.

Yes...

RG12 1QS...

That looks familiar...

You may know an ISP whose office is in RG12 1QS. They must be one of the buildings next to us!

(Thanks to James for sending me the pics / story).
at
Labels:

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousThursday, 12 October 2017 at 22:32:00 BST

    Yes, sort of agree, but the UK is so small (in world terms) and so large (in global trade terms) that wherever you go in the world you'll always trip over someone or something from Bracknell, or Manchester, or Anglesey, or Torquay, or wherever is your home or work town.

    I checked into a hotel at the bottom of the Florida Keys and heard a British accent. Owner was from my home village.

    It may also be the case that when away we come across 100 things a day with some link to the UK, but we only consciously notice the ones with a link to our own town or village.

    ReplyDelete

Comments are moderated purely to filter out obvious spam, but it means they may not show immediately.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Confidence

This is one of those more personal blogs. This week, well, started last week, I had a small technical challenge. The exact details do not re...

  • It's official, ADSL works over wet string
    Broadband services are a wonderful innovation of our time, using multiple frequency  bands  (hence the name) to carry signals over wires (us...
  • Air conditioning at home (planning permission!)
    For many years I used a small stand-alone air-conditioning unit in my study (the box room in the house) and I even had a hole in the wall fo...
  • Except for access
    Drivers should be aware what road signs mean. And so they need to be clear and unambiguous. But some are a tad more challenging than others,...